Lauren: A Short Story: The early years that led to Eddie Grant's fame and fortune in Treasure of Saint-Lazare.

Lauren is the story behind Treasure of Saint-Lazare and the Eddie Grant thriller series.

Eddie made his name as a US Special Forces commander in the First Gulf War, then following in his family’ s footsteps as a businessman in Paris, where he was born and had lived until he left for college in Texas.

Lauren tells the romantic back story of his years in college and his meeting Lauren Adams, who became his wife, moved to Paris with him, and was ultimately murdered by the people who thought he knew the whereabouts of an extremely valuable painting that had been stolen by the Nazis early in World War II.